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Tim Lennon, board president of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, poses in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Feb. 20, 2019.

Blaming homosexuality for sex abuse of minors is 'absolutely immoral', victims say

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ROME – People must stop using homosexuals as scapegoats for the sexual abuse of children, two male survivors of abuse by priests told reporters.
Nick Sandmann, a junior at Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Ky., and others students from the school stand in front of Native American Nathan Phillips near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in this still image from video Jan. 18, 2019. Sandmann filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit Feb. 19 against The Washington Post claiming the newspaper's coverage of the incident was biased.

Covington Catholic student sues Washington Post for $250 million on defamation

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WASHINGTON – The Catholic high school student at the center of an encounter with a Native American tribal leader in Washington filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit Feb. 19 against The Washington Post claiming the newspaper's coverage of the incident was biased.
Bishop Michael C. Barber of Oakland, Calif., is pictured in a June 24, 2013, photo. The diocese has released the names of 45 priests, deacons and religious brothers who officials say are "credibly accused" of sexually abusing minors.

Publishing priest-abusers list an 'act of contrition', Oakland bishop says

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OAKLAND, Calif. – The Diocese of Oakland, which serves two California counties in the East Bay area, published Feb. 18 a list of priests, deacons and religious brothers who have worked in the diocese and been credibly accused of abuse, dating back to the diocese's founding in 1962.
Irma J. Locasia holds a photo of her son Salvador J. Locasia Jr. in Manila, Philippines, Feb. 13, 2019. Her son was killed in a police operation on this street Aug. 31, 2016, a victim of the war on drugs of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Duterte's drug war is 'illegal, immoral and anti-poor', Philippine bishop says

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CALOOCAN, Philippines – A Catholic bishop in the Philippines said his government's controversial war on drugs is really a war against the country's poor.
Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, Superior General of the Jesuits and head of men's Union of Superiors General.

Religious superiors admit denial, slowness to act against sex abuse

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VATICAN – Twisted ideas of power and authority in the Catholic Church have contributed to the clerical sexual abuse crisis, leaders of religious orders said, but sometimes the positive "sense of family" in their own communities also made them slow to act.
Pope Francis has lifted the canonical penalties imposed 34 years ago on Father Ernesto Cardenal, 94, the Nicaraguan poet and former member of the Sandinista government. Father Cardenal is pictured in a Jan. 28, 2015 photo.

Pope Francis lifts suspension imposed on Nicaraguan priest 34 years ago

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VATICAN – Pope Francis has lifted the canonical penalties imposed 34 years ago on Father Ernesto Cardenal, 94, the Nicaraguan poet and former member of the Sandinista government.
Jesuit Father Hans Zollner and Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna of Malta, members of the organizing committee for the Feb. 21-24 Vatican meeting on the protection of minors in the church, lead a press conference to preview the meeting at the Vatican Feb. 18, 2019.

Silence, denial are unacceptable, archbishop says leading up to Vatican summit

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VATICAN – When presented with an accusation that a priest has sexually abused a child, "whether it's criminal or malicious complicity and a code of silence or whether it is denial" on a very human level, such reactions are no longer tolerable, said the Vatican's top investigator of abuse cases.
Then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, arrives in procession for a Mass of thanksgiving for Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Nov. 22, 2010.

McCarrick removed from the priesthood after being found guilty of sex abuse

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VATICAN – Pope Francis has confirmed the removal from the priesthood of Theodore E. McCarrick, the 88-year-old former cardinal and archbishop of Washington.
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, delivers his homily Feb. 5, 2019, during the opening Mass on the last day of the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington.

Action on McCarrick 'clear signal' church will not tolerate abuse, Cardinal DiNardo says

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WASHINGTON – The Vatican's removal from the priesthood of Theodore E. McCarrick "is a clear signal that abuse will not be tolerated," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Feb. 16.
Denia Garcia poses with her daughter Diana, 2, at the Catholic-run Dignified Migrant shelter in Piedras Negras, Mexico. Garcia wants to apply for asylum in the United States, but faces a weeks-long wait. The Dignified Border shelter is short on space to host asylum-seekers.

Mexican shelters feeling asylum pinch with unsafe streets, anxious migrants

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PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico – Gangs in Honduras first threatened Denia Garcia’s husband six months ago, telling him to join with them or die. Her husband, a police officer, fled to the United States, arriving successfully.

Supporters of the All Progressives Congress political party attend a campaign rally in Taraba, Nigeria, Feb. 7, 2019, ahead of the presidential elections. Nigerian bishops are urging voters to reflect and pray ahead of the country's Feb. 16 elections.

Nigerian priest makes plea for amid violence leading up to elections

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OTTAWA – The run-up to a general election in Nigeria has triggered concerns about growing violence and an increase in Christian persecution, said the national director of Nigeria’s Pontifical Mission Society.

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